Re: Hi! I'm new here

April 12, 2003

Hi AmyD & everyone else, :-)

I live in the Midwest, married for 16 years,

2 boys (10 & 1) & 1 dog who thinks he's a sibling to the boys!

I'm a reformed cardio queen who used to push girly weights around while

chatting it up with my friends.

No longer!

Now I am a POWERLIFTING SUPER WOMAN!

(like Seattle lady!)

I am finishing the 2nd week of my 2nd challenge.

So we are on the same time frame. :-)

This group is a great place to get motivation.

It is how I kept my focus throughout the 1st challenge!

Post often!

Amethyst

Hi! I'm new here

> Hi! My name is Amy and I just joined this group. I have been working

> on my first challenge in years. I completed the second Challenge

> Bill ever had and now I'm back. I just keep letting myself slip

> little by little and in order to get myself to stop I entered the

> Challenge again. I am on my second week. I have stopped and

> restarted twice and was ready to stop again. I am lacking motivating.

> I am hoping that getting involved with this group will help. I took

> a look at the members page and saw that there was a lot of people who

> may not be involved anymore because they haven't updated in a while.

> So, I was wondering if those who are still moving on toward their

> goals and still involved with the group could post or email me

> (AmyD1825@...) directly with a short message about themselves

> (like I did above) so I can get to know everyone.

>

> Thanks,

> AmyD

>

April 12, 2003

Hi Amy...I'm a relative newbie here,too-- but you'll find everyone

is so helpful and encouraging you can't help but succeed at this!! I

am 30 years old and live in Virginia with my boyfriend our black

lab/great dane mix (1yr. old-oh my he's a terror). I'm a dental

assistant, and have no kids. I'm on my very first challenge...Day

13 and I love it...got into it cuz a friend of mine told me about

it! I think this group will help you stay on track!! Welcome...and

good idea about everyone sending an email about themselves...i think

it helps everyone get a better idea of who everyone is! good luck

Kendra

April 12, 2003

Kathi! I love your kid's names! How did you choose them??

Sunshine

Re: Hi! I'm new here

---WHELLOOOOOO Amy!!!! My name is Kathi Felix. I am 26 years old and

just finished up challenge one for this year. I did bfl 2 years ago

but gained weight back...soooo I am at it again this time seriously!

I have a 3 year old girl named Ezri and a 5 year old boy named Ammon.

I have a computer geek husband named Evan who is just awesomeness!!!

We live in Richland wAshington..it is all desert like an stuff here

cause we are on the other side of the Cascades. I tend to talk about

my favorite band Lifehouse very very often! I just got back from

seeing them in concert last week and meeting them!! It was my treat

for finishing challenge one! ANd I am hoping they come to the west

coast so I can see them waaagain after challenge 2! I tend to freak

out and be hyper....soooo...uhhhh..WELCOME TO THE BOARD! OH and you

will definately luv it here...these people are my only

friends....*sniff*

Kathi (who's just another name)

In , " Amy "

<AmyD1825@a...> wrote:

> Hi! My name is Amy and I just joined this group. I have been

working

> on my first challenge in years. I completed the second Challenge

> Bill ever had and now I'm back. I just keep letting myself slip

> little by little and in order to get myself to stop I entered the

> Challenge again. I am on my second week. I have stopped and

> restarted twice and was ready to stop again. I am lacking

motivating.

> I am hoping that getting involved with this group will help. I

took

> a look at the members page and saw that there was a lot of people

who

> may not be involved anymore because they haven't updated in a

while.

> So, I was wondering if those who are still moving on toward their

> goals and still involved with the group could post or email me

> (AmyD1825@a...) directly with a short message about themselves

> (like I did above) so I can get to know everyone.

>

> Thanks,

> AmyD

April 12, 2003

Hi Amy,

I'm Robin and have been doing BFL since the beginning of 2001. Like you, I

started slipping and I put on about 10 lbs. this winter. My workouts were

still good, but I slowly just started eating anything I wanted. So I started

a new challenge March 24 to get myself back on track. I've been doing even

better at my workouts, and eating and feeling much better. I've been bad

about record keeping though. I pretty much cook the same 5 or 6 meals all

the time, so I can run to the store and stay in the habit of eating well, but

I know not writing things down can lead to cheating that gets unnoticed until

I don't get the results I want, so I gotta get that part back on track.

I'm 41 years old, 5'5, 140 lbs., size 8. Have lost about 4 lbs since

starting, and my clothes aren't tight anymore. My goal is to wear a size 4

by June 16. I really want to get a belly ring. Okay, am I having a mid-life

crisis? Maybe. But I feel good anyway LOL.

Good luck on your new challenge!

Robin (from N. Little Rock, AR)

April 13, 2003

I had to remove my belly ring at about 5 months pregnant. I put it

back in when my girl was 18 MONTHS old. Ouch. I really should've got

it re-pierced rather than just going... " I'm sure this will go back

if I push hard enough. " DUH! How dumb am I? Oh well, it went in

eventually and it didn't get infected so it's all good! I missed

it and I'm glad it's back.

Phoenix

> I had to take mine out too. ( Now I have an ugly scar there. (

> Sunshine

> Re: Hi! I'm new here

>

> A belly ring? Cool. I had to lose mine when I got pregnant

(wouldn't THAT have been cute?), and I really want it back!! Come

June 30, I'm gettin' another one!

>

April 13, 2003

OUCH!!!! That sounds so painful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wonder if I can get mine back

in?? Hee hee hee!!!

Re: Hi! I'm new here

>

> A belly ring? Cool. I had to lose mine when I got pregnant

(wouldn't THAT have been cute?), and I really want it back!! Come

June 30, I'm gettin' another one!

>

April 13, 2003

Hi Amy,

I'm . I'm 40 and just started C2 on April 7th. I just did C1 this

Jan-Mar, and while the " evil scale " only showed a loss of 12 pounds, I can

see and feel a difference. My pictures are in the album zookeeper08. I did

lose a bunch of inches and bodyfat.

This challenge, my dd is with me, on her C1. Our pictures (digital)

for this challenge are in zookeeper08C2, until I can figure out how to give

her her own album or rename the album so that she's included in the name

too. We also just got back the regular camera ones, so we might add them if

they're useful.

I don't mind lifting weights, but cardio isn't enjoyable for me. This week

I'm trying something new. Yesterday I went to my dd's gym with her for

cardio, and the machines about killed me. Guess I'm still very unfit,

cardio-wise. It was fun trying out various machines again. I am usually at

home with my dumbbells.

BTW, I have eight kids, (19 to 4) and attempted the challenge with my dh a

few years ago. He only made it to about week 6, I made it through week 9 or

so. Of course, back then, we had virtually no support. This time 'round, we

have this wonderful group that helps keep me on track. Oh, and dh is

faithfully going to the gym, but eats " different " from BFL and gets

different results than those on BFL get. I'm working on him.

Well, this is much more than you asked for, so I need to stop.

Glad you're back --- So, what are YOUR goals?

>Hi! My name is Amy and I just joined this group. I have been working

>on my first challenge in years. I completed the second Challenge

>Bill ever had and now I'm back. I just keep letting myself slip

>little by little and in order to get myself to stop I entered the

>Challenge again. I am on my second week. I have stopped and

>restarted twice and was ready to stop again. I am lacking motivating.

>I am hoping that getting involved with this group will help. I took

>a look at the members page and saw that there was a lot of people who

>may not be involved anymore because they haven't updated in a while.

>So, I was wondering if those who are still moving on toward their

>goals and still involved with the group could post or email me

>(AmyD1825@...) directly with a short message about themselves

>(like I did above) so I can get to know everyone.

>

>Thanks,

>AmyD

>

April 13, 2003

Hey, , we'd love to hear more from you! You and I did our C1 together,

and now we're on C2 together! Great! And you've had incredible results.

This time around, get some pictures. Either take some digitals or take some

" real " ones and find a very good friend with a scanner who would help out

with loading them...

>Welcome, and congrats on starting again. This group

>has helped me tons. I usually don't post much, but I

>always feel like a dork when I just come out of

>nowhere and post something, so I'm gonna start doing

>it more often.

>

>I'm 28, live in Kansas City, and have 2 kids and a

>lawyer-wannabe husband (he's in his 1st year of law

>school at KU). I'm 5'6 " , 165 lbs. and about 20% bf. I

>lost 20 lbs of fat in C1 and gained 3 lbs of lean wt.

>This go-round, I want to lose 12 more lbs.

>

>There are a lot of peole on this board who started

>challenges on Jan. 6, so a lot of us have either just

>finished or are just starting new ones. I finished on

>March 30 and am just about to finish week 2 of C2. I

>haven't posted pictures yet because I didn't take

>digital photos and my scanner's broken. I think I

>remember someone saying you can take them to one of

>those Kodak picture-maker thingies and put them on a

>CD, but then my picture would be on a computer screen

>for the whole store to see. So...ummm...no. If I can

>figure out how to fix my scanner this weekend, I'll

>post them.

>

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April 13, 2003

Hey, Pat, I'm in Southern California too! In the San valley...You?

And I love siamese cats...they've got attitude!

>I forgot to add my " stats " ...I am 5'3 " and weigh about 134....I live

>in Southern Calif....I have two siamese cats...hmmmmmm that's all I

>can think of right now....

>Pat

>

April 14, 2003

I'm not worried about the pregnant part (re: belly ring). My kids are 18 and

20, and I'm 41. I'm worried about the pain of piercing part! Still want to do

it though.

Robin

April 15, 2003

I think the pain level depends on the person. I'm a HUGE wuss, really

pathetic about pain, and for me it hurt like blazes, but only for a

couple of seconds. I figure if you can hit a " 10 " doing weights, you

can manage a piercing, no trouble!!!

Oh, one thing, don't get a gold ring. Get the surgical steel, or

whatever it is. I got gold, it turned out to be gold plate and after

a couple of months it started to flake, INSIDE my body. Sharp little

metal bits under the skin is a very ugly situation.

You can get gold once it's all healed if you prefer (I did), but get

steel for actually piercing yourself.

Phoenix

> I'm not worried about the pregnant part (re: belly ring). My kids

are 18 and 20, and I'm 41. I'm worried about the pain of piercing

part! Still want to do it though.

>

> Robin

May 29, 2003

Hi and welcome!

Your nephew is very lucky to have an aunt like you!

What type and amount of therapy is the school providing your

nephew? What type and amount of early intervention was provided -

and at what age did the therapy start? Has there been any

progress? Has there been any outside evaluations by SLPs/OTs and

neurodevelopmental MDs? I'm guessing yes only since your nephew has

the diagnosis of apraxia. If so -who gave the diagnosis and when?

And is he receiving private therapy as well?

A five year old who has never spoken a word is severe. Typically if

you don't see results in 6 months it is time to try alternative ways

of therapy -or a different therapist -or both. Children with

apraxia do not respond to group therapy -nor do they respond to

traditional speech therapy -both of which are auto provided by the

typical school's preschool disabled program unless a parent (or

aunt) advocates for what is appropriate for the child. Here is why it's great

you stepped

in -and please let us know how much of this picture (up to five) describes your

nephew's situation -or what does if this doesn't.

A typical apraxic child at 2 or 3 is looked at as " just a late talker " if

outside of

speech other developmental milestones are on time -by almost all

families, friends, and even the pediatrician at times. You may hear

the word " receptive " delay in addition to expressive in some cases -which

should not be there if not

appropriate. They may begin early intervention sometime around

three or four -but typically it's not enough -nor appropriate if the

child is apraxic. By four -the school will up the therapy to

perhaps include some one on one time -but still not enough. Five seems to be

the panic age that everyone is trying " everything " -but if still not appropriate

and intensive therapy -no progression -or very little. The

danger period for a nonverbal child with apraxia is around 7 to 9

when they typically begin to use inappropriate verbal based IQ tests

and put the child (who may be above average intelligence) into

a learning disabled class and tell the parents there are

some " cognitive " delays and that speech therapy doesn't appear to be the answer

(try to pull therapy services since they're not working) Soon after, too many

of these still nonverbal apraxic children

completely slip through the cracks into the classification of trainable mentally

retarded

or TMR. I won't go on from there -but that is the picture. Good news is that it

doesn't have to be -and it's caring people like you that can change it.

Is your nephew still in preschool -or is he in

kindergarten -and in what type of placement, mainstreamed with

pull out services or in a special school/class?

Is he being provided alternative ways of communication such as sign

language or picture exchange -or augmentative devices? Have you

heard about The Late Talker book?

http://www.speechville.com/late.talker.html

This would be an excellent book to get since it covers step by step

what you and others can do to help.

Let us know -and again -thanks for being a concerned and loving

Aunt!

=====

May 29, 2003

Hi ,

Glad to see you made it to . You're in good

hands now! Keep up the good work and take care.

Kris from Colorado

July 1, 2003

Hi Dena, I am new as well. I have a 2 1/2 year old boy with a speech delay. I

myself just placed my first order for PROEFA yesterday. I've read so many things

about it, that I thought I would give it a try. What does ST stand for? My son

has a neorogist appt next month to see if he has verbal appraxia. He is in Early

Intervention at the moment. They are helping but I think the most help comes

from family and lots of love!

madlymad99 <warners3@...> wrote:Hi!

My name is Dena. We have 4 year old dd that has been in ST since she

was around 2.

July 1, 2003

Dear Dena, I am also new to the website.

My daughter is 5 years old and was diagnosed with apraxia at 3. Her to

everything is fine except for her speech. We taught her some sign language

to help her commumicate, I just bought a book, I also made a big poster

board with numerous pictures on it, like food, colors,etc. and laminated it

and put it on the refrigderator which she uses all the time. I also made her

a communication book to take along with her I used a small photo album and

put pictures in it.

Kaylin started going to a special needs school here at the age of 3 she also

has small hands and get OT there and of course speech thearpy. This school

has helped very much.

Kaylin has been of the pro-efa for about 2 years now I give her 3 in the

morning. Has it helped? I am not sure. She is getting older now and the

words seem to becoming easier now.

What state do you live in? We live in Wisconsin and there is a program

called the Beckett Fund this fund is like a Title 19 Medicaid it does

not go by your income it goes by your childs disablitly. You have to qualify

for it on a yearly bases. We have had it for the past year and now she is

also receiving private speech therapy,which we could not afford before the

Medicaid program, and that has help the best.

Hope some of this helps,

Lynn

[ ] Hi! I'm new here

> Hi!

>

> My name is Dena. We have 4 year old dd that has been in ST since she

> was around 2. We started in the Early intervention program,

> transferred to the public school program and are currently in summer

> school. She is making progress but very very slowly. We are just

> getting started with a neurologist and have several test scheduled

> (MRI, EEG, Nerve conduction, eyes, hearing...) Speech seems to be

> her only significant delay. She tested high in all other areas with

> the early intervention and public school testing. She is very

> friendly, loving and social but very very head strong!

>

> I am looking for any addition help we can find. I have been reading

> up on the Proefa and just placed an order for it this morning. I

> have also been reading previous post and have already gained much

> info! Thanks for being here!

>

> Looking forward to " meeting " all of you!

>

> Dena

July 2, 2003

Hi everyone

I, also, am new here. My name is Karyn, I am from Bucks County, PA. My youngest

son, Jordan, I BELIEVE has apraxia (although nobody else agrees.) That big huge

" autistic spectrum " umbrella seems to be a real novelty here in Bucks County, a

local newspaper reported that the " incidence of autism rose 2,000% in the past 3

years " ....ok.....<sigh> and we all believe that, right?

Jordan has sensory issues, and language delay, which I believe is apraxia. All

other " operations are functioning normally " , lol. Very bright child, has our

familial ADHD, as do his two siblings...a " gift " from their mama, so to speak.

He's in special education classes through the intermediate unit here, but they

LOVE that word autism, and I continue to get reports on how " he didn't flap his

hands all day.....hurray! " ....well he hasn't flapped his hands in 4 years, why

should today be different??????

Great deal of frustration here....any ideas are always appreciated.

Great to be a part of a wonderful, caring group

Karyn